FrankReichComeback

I read this great article from Leo Roth below where he stated that you really can't "grade" a draft until three years after the final pick has been made. http://rocnow.com/article/leo-roth/2012304280038 He made me think....what grade would past years Bills drafts get? I am sticking to his suggestion and waiting until three years after the draft to grade. We'll start in 2005 Year: 2005 General Manager: Tom Donahoe Round Pick # Player Position College 2 5 Roscoe Parrish Wide Receiver Miami (Fla.) 3 86 Kevin Everett Tight End Miami (Fla.) 4 122 Duke Preston Center Illinois 5 156 Eric King Cornerback Wake Forest 6 197 Justin Geisinger Offensive Guard Vanterbilt 7 236 Lionel Gates Running Back Louisville Assessment: Buffalo was without a first round pick due to acquiring Drew Bledsoe the season before. Regardless this was an extremely poor draft. Parrish was knocked for under-sized out of college and never could stay healthy long enough to be a productive player. Everett got a few bad breaks injury wise (especially a career ending neck injury) and we never got to see what he could really do on offense. Preston was a serviceable depth player for Buffalo. Nothing above average came out of this year's group. Overall Grade: D- Year: 2006 General Manager: Marv Levy Round Pick # Player Position College 1 8 Donte Whitner Safety Ohio State 1 26 (from Chicago Bears) John McCargo Defensive Tackle North Carolina State 3 70 Ashton Youboty Cornerback Ohio State 4 105 Ko Simpson Safety South Carolina 5 134 Kyle Williams[3] Defensive Tackle LSU 5 143 Brad Butler Offensive Tackle Virginia 6 178 Keith Ellison Linebacker Oregon State 7 216 Terrance Pennington Offensive Tackle New Mexico 7 248 Aaron Merz Guard California Marv Levy's first draft. Levy was able to find a few starters but baffled many when he "reached" for Whitner in round 1. Whitner turned out to be a very average player on several poor Bills defenses and never seemed to justify being a Top 10 selection. HUGE miss on McCargo. Youbody, Simpson, Ellison, Pennington, and Merz saw action on the field but none proved to be anything special. The brightest spot in this draft was the home run selection of Kyle Williams in Round 5 who turned out to be a Pro Bowl player and one of the best player at his position when healthy. Butler was a nice surprise but had many health issues which led to his retirement. Overall Grade: B (A for williams, D for the rest) Year: 2007 General Manager: Marv Levy 1 12 Marshawn Lynch[4] Running Back California 2 34 Paul Posluzny Linebacker Penn State 3 92 Trent Edwards Quarterback Stanford 4 111 Dwayne Wright Running Back Fresno State 6 184 John Wendling Safety Wyoming 7 222 Derek Schouman Tight End Boise State 7 239 C. J. Ah You Defensive End Oklahoma Lynch, Posluzny, and Edwards all became starters quick but one would be hard pressed to say their play was anything above average. Lynch showed flashed but never seemed to be as motivated as he was after being traded to Seattle. Posluzny was a very average player in the Bills 4-3 defensive package and was not the difference maker they had envisioned. Edward had some good moments with Buffalo but more BAD. The rest of the picks did little to nothing with the team. Five years later none of the picks are on this team. Overall Grade: F Year: 2008 General Manager: Marv Levy 1 11 Leodis McKelvin Safety Troy 2 41 James Hardy Wide Receiver Indiana 3 72 Chris Ellis Defensive End Virginia Tech 4 114 Reggie Corner Cornerback Akron 4 132Supplemental Derek Fine Tight End Kansas 5 147 Alvin Bowen Linebacker Iowa State 6 179 Xavier Omon Running Back NW Missouri State 7 219 Demetrius Bell Offensive Tackle Northwestern State 7 224 Stevie Johnson Wide Receiver Kentucky 7 251Supplemental Kennard Cox Cornerback Pittsburgh Marv and company WHIFFED big time on McKelvin. He proved to be a corner that could get position but had pathetic ball skills. James Hardy was a BUST of colossal proportions. A very ill-advised pick given the fact that they drafted a raw "project" player at a time when they needed to draft a starter. The bright spots in this draft come from Rounds 7 where Marv got very luck with Stevie Johnson. Demetrius Bell eventually became a starter but injuries and inconsistent play plagued him. Overal Grade: B+ Year: 2008 General Manager: NO ONE! Draft by Tom Modrak and Dick Jauron 1 11 Aaron Maybin Defensive End Penn State 1 28 Eric Wood Center Louisville 2 42 Jairus Byrd[2] Safety Oregon 2 51 Andy Levitre Guard Oregon State 4 121 Shawn Nelson Tight End Southern Miss 5 147 Nic Harris Safety Oklahoma 6 183 Cary Harris Cornerback USC 7 220 Ellis Lankster Cornerback West Virginia Once again Buffalo WHIFFED in the first round on Maybin - drafting an undersized situational pass rusher when they needed a 4 down starter. Very very bad pick - that can't be understated more. HOWEVER the middle of the round brought three solid starters in Byrd, Levitre, and Wood. The rest of this draft is pure crap! Overal Grade: B/B+ Let's hear your thoughts of this assessment!

Agreed Brandon...if we're talking drafting this guy toward the middle to end of the draft, that makes sense. In the second or third round would be dumb.

I can't get over how you used the word "craw" LOL

Great can he catch passes from Fitz or take care of his "blind side?"

Our offense looked really dreadful at times and some of the blame can be placed on the two positions that we need the most -- OT and WR. I am very concerned that we have not really addressed these positions in the offseason. Sorry but I don't think Donald Jones or Chris Hairston are really starting caliber players. They can be good role players, but we need starters that play at a higher level. I'm hoping got Floyd here

Is it just me or did Urbik look pretty decent last year. THink he gives up good depth

Be careful....Donahoe thought JP was a "10-15" year guy too

Does anyone want players that we actually need? I would take Kuechly or Floyd or maybe Reiff. Sorry but no CB in round 1.

I have heard a lot about Buffalo being interested in trading for Dre Kirkpatrick out of Alabama. Some experts have tagged him as Buffalo's first round draft pick. My question is, does it really make sense to take him? Of course, our CB situation could definitely be improved, but I think there are more pressing issues at OT, WR, and OLB that need to be addressed before we make this pick.

Anyone have the numbers that Stevie rang up on Revis this year? I remember the game in NY was one his best all season (minus "the drop" of course)

So it says that registration has been suspended on BuffaloBills.com. Why can't I just register?

Jerry has no ties to Buffalo....maybe we could coax Andre Reed into coming back to play WR for us. OR maybe Don Beebe would consider.

Buddy Boyz

Pretend that you get to be GM of the Bills and a scenario allowed you to only keep one running back on your team as a starter. Your torn between Fred Jackson (who has been a proven player on this team for several seasons) or CJ Spiller (a RB who has shown great potential). There's pluses and minues to both players. Who do you keep and why?

Honestly I was never impressed with choice. He was a very overrated talent coming out of college. As a 3rd string RB, I'm ok with the Bills resigning him.